When my SO got tickets for Macbeth, I decided I needed a dress for the theatre. So, $40 worth of satin later.....

Sally Duct Tape is wearing it, and sitting on a chair because one of us had to model the dress, and the other had to take a picture. And....well....poor Sally, she lost her arms in the war.

Anyway. That gives you a good idea. I was standing in JoAnn's for a good twenty minutes very upset because the color scheme I had first planned out was not going to happen. Then I thought. "Macbeth....blood red. Perfect."

To make it a little more "holiday" looking, I added a pink sash. It super long and ties in a huge bow that just barely keeps itself off the floor when I wear my heels.

I was telling one of my best friends about the dress, and the date and I had this conversation:

"So is this a special date?""Well, only so much as I want to wear this dress.""Oh, really?" (eyebrows raised in disbelief)"Do you know me at all? Of course it's about the dress!"

Its true. I made the poor boy take me to a fancy restaurant and dress himself all up just so I could make a fancy dress.

When I see the boy next I shall try to make him take a picture, docilebunny.

The pattern is Vogue 8020. I followed it almost exactly, a rarity for me. I bought the material on Wednesday and the play was Friday, so that gives you an idea of how involved it was. I'd say the pleats gave me the most trouble, I had to iron them to create the pleats, and pin and baste them, but then the skirt was still somehow wider than the bodice, so I had to do it over. If you mind your pleats the first time I bet it could be done in about six or seven hours. The sash was additional, and my own creation, and I also added an underskirt of tulle to help pouf out the skirt. Upon reflection I would have done well to add an underskirt under the tulle underskirt, as it spent a lot of time static-ing itself to my legs.

Oh, and Motleykitten, it was bad luck. I knew the house manager, and she kept telling us how the everyone was calling the play "Mac Death" Also, it was bad luck for me, because i had originally planned to see the new Harry Potter that night. But poor Mr. Potter was up against William Shakespeare, a brand-new Vogue dress, the best sushi restaurant in town, and a rather cute gentleman escorting me to all these things....well, i think we all know what the correct choice is there.

that dress is absoluetely marvelous.and i think the 'moreexcitedbytheprospectofgettingtomake/wearthedress' thing is a crafty disease. because i almost spent a bajillion dollars to buy an ipod just so i could make a cozy for it.

That. Is. Beautiful. !!!! I really like it!! I love the colors and it looks absolutely fabulous!! You've a wonderful job sewing it, pleats and all! I am very very tempted to go to Joann's and find this pattern, because I'm really lovin' it! (Wow....I really do overuse the exclamation point don't I? hahaha)